Yucca Color

#75978f

Yucca is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #8a6870
Complementary Color #97747c
Color Shade: warm cyan (165.88° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 52.55% (better contrasting with white)
Yucca Color Sample
Yucca Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #75978f

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Yucca Color. The Portsmouth color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Dark Lagoon (#6a7f7d) for more calm effect. Try Hatteras Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#97747c is the best complementary color to Yucca. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #75978f complementary color is Bazaar, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Juniper are #74977d and #748e97. Thus found on the left and right of #75978f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Laurel and Juniper colors as they work well with Yucca.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Yucca palette consists of #977d74 and #97748e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#97747c). Try Almond Frost and Mountbatten Pink colors in combination with #75978f, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #75978f offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Yucca. Thus Pale Oyster and Trendy Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Yucca contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bazaar, Waterloo , and Battleship Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #75978f square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Yucca tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#97747c) and two others. The Trendy Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Laurel – 120° from the complementary Bazaar. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8f7497 and #7c9774.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #75978f is made of 28% red, 37% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Yucca has a hue angle of 165.88°, a saturation of 14.05% and a lightness of 52.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #75978f is made of 13.34% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.14% yellow and 40.78% black ink.

HEX #75978f
RGB Decimal rgb(117,151,143)
RGB Percentage 28%, 37%, 35%
CMYK 13.34, 0, 3.14, 40.78
HSL hsl(165.88,14.05%,52.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(165.88,22.52%,59.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.7967,-13.5122,0.3396)
XYZ xyz(23.3607,27.8983,30.1403)
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